Contemporary Staffing Solutions

I was employed out of the Mount Laurel office. My last assignment was a fiasco (Americas Most Convenient…) and an eye-​opener on how this company operates. They don’t stand behind the people they place. As a matter of fact, my contact (Joshua) failed to call me back and return my inquiries. Then he has the audacity to call me yesterday with a one and a half week assignment no one else will take. Really? Thankfully, I’ve found permanent work using Indeed. My advice is don’t give up and become one of the many hired by these users. Find a position on your own… You can do it! FYI: I was unable to give them «no stars» or I would’ve.

This place is a waste of time. I have never heard of these people before and I was contacted by them saying they wanted to have an interview with me about job prospects. I (looking for a job) accepted and set a date for an interview. After my phone conversation i was sent a confirmation email including when and where the interview would be and what i needed to bring, plus it sent me to some website to do some online skills tests (typing, MS word, excel, etc.)
In the email i was told to bring a copy of my resume, 2 forms of ID, 3 professional references, and professioanl writing sample (I brought my Cover letter.)
Luckily for me I read these Unilocal reviews beforehand so I knew this would probably not end well but I decided to go and see what would happen
So now comes the «interview» I am asked to fill out some form to fill out your basic info. I waited around for about 10 minutes and finally met the interview (I will withhold her name but she is mentioned in another review). I was asked the following:
«What did you do at your last job»
«What did you like about your job»
«what are you looking for?»
Now I already answered these questions when I was contacted on the phone 3 days before coming in. Why do I have to repeat myself? Not to mention the fact that they found my resume online and contacted ME not the other way around. Then I am pitched a job In King of Prussia (which I cannot get to) doing something i’d rather not do. Initially I said flat out «No» to her. To be honest it looked like she didn’t know how to react to that. I would imagine a staffing company has more that one employer looking for people but that didn’t seem the case in my situation. She said she would have to look and see what else was available (which is code for «This is all i have for you and if you don’t take this then you go on the bottom of the pile».) I then backtracked and told her I would consider it (once I realized that she had only this one position for me and she didn’t consider me saying no would happen) and we agreed that she would e-​mail the job details and description and she would look to see if there were Any positions that were closer in Philly. After this she wanted to know if i could fill out A W-​4 and an I-​9. Now perhaps i’m missing something but why would I fill out paperwork like that out for no reason? I of course said no and i’d fill it out when I am placed. She said it was not a problem and the meeting was over righ there and then.
All of this took place in about a five minute period at most. No mention was made of the 5 skills tests I had to take, nor did they want any of the documents the confimation e-​mail asked (cover letter, refrences, etc). I basically printed all of this stuff for nothing. I even asked of they needed anything else from me and they said «no». Why are you on one hand asking me for something then turn around and say you don’t need it? Of course I never received the job desciption email I was promised. After leaving I got the feeling that you really have only one potion with these people: take what they offer you right then and there or you get no other help from them.
I felt completely and totally unsatisfied with this company and if they contact you, don’t expect much and if you happen to actually get placed, consider yourself lucky.

My recruiter is Desire Stasen who’s located in the King of Prussia office. She has been fantastic to work with. She let me know up front that the job she was prospecting for would not start for a few months. Which I thought for sure would never work out. I waited the three months got the interview for a Philadelphia office and landed the temp job. My contract was supposed to only be for 5 months. It ended up getting extended indefinitely to possibly perm. She returns calls and emails promplty.
I even got my friend a job with the agency as well and she has never had a problem.
On another note the women who works as a secretary in the Philadelphia office is amazing! Once or twice my checks got screwed up because of a holiday and over time. So when the checks came in a day late she walked over a few blocks to my office building and personally handed me my check. She completely understood that sometimes you really need to pay your bills on time. I just thought that was so above and beyond of a thing to do.

Waste of time. Read Chris M review this what basically happened to me. I met with a Nicole Skay. On the phone she was cheery and what not. In person she was about same maybe a notch less cheery. I went here and paid the expensive parking. Filled out everything answered everything etc. She told me give it a week. A week passed so i decided to call. Got the «she on phone right now jazz». Ok no problem i waited 2 days. Didnt hear back from her. So i emailed her. Still nothing i emailed her again 2 days after that. Didnt hear back so decided to wait a week. I called again and this time she just stepped out. As of yet i have not heard back and she wont answer or return any calls/​emails. I have not heard anything from this individual. It has now been 3 weeks. I gave her/​them the benefit of doubt before i posted this review. Please dont wast your time here.

I have worked for two temp agencies in Chicago and two here in Philadelphia and Contemporary has definitely been the best.
I received my first assignment within two weeks of signing on with them and the assignment met my requested needs and pay rate at the time. I have had poor experiences with other agencies sending me to sites that did not match my schedule, pay rate or experience, so it is nice to have found an agency that doesn’t just throw you into a ‘we need a warm body at minimal cost and skill’ situation.
I appreciate the quality positions, the friendly staff and the expertise matching that Contemporary has provided me over other administrative temporary agencies in the area.

THE worst temp agency ever. During the interview, the interviewer was all cheery and full of smiles with many job opportunities available. I chose one that she offered and told me to call back in a week to «get the ball rolling». I called back in a week, left a message. No returned phone call. I called again, left a message, no phone call back. Called a third time… left a message and no phone call back. Three months later I get a call from her saying she has a job for me that is waaaay under my pay scale i requested and farther then I wanted to travel, as she knew I wanted to stay local. She seemed angered that I turned down the job. Since then I have called a few more times AND emailed to see if there were any jobs available. I have not received any responses from the emails or phone calls. Real professional staff.(sarcasm)
HORRIBLE! HORRIBLE SERVICE!